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archer2371 · 11-17-2003, 02:05 PM

Finally saw the match, I was away for the weekend, luckily someone got pay per view and taped it for me. Let me say this. You may hate me for it, but Australia did not deserve to win. That Mealamu "knock-on" was a try. Mortlock was offsides for his try, look at it, slow it down, he is blatantly offsides. Two of the penalties conceded for points (offsides ones) should not have been called because the players that were called offsides were not affecting the play anyways. The ref was horrid and did not call ruck when one was formed. There was a forward pass that was called, that wasn't. The score should have been 17-6 in favor of New Zealand. So now, I really could care less who wins the World Cup, Australia doesn't deserve it, and I can't freakin' stand England. Just a frusturating deal all around. If the ref had called it the same way for both sides, and the Wallabies won that way, then I would have been ok with it. Yet, the ref controlled the match and basically drained all the flash from the All Blacks, even Cees Meeuws looked distraught, he never does, that man is crazy, he never, ever, shows any other emotion than pissed off. This is ridiculous, I am disgusted with the poor quality of refs in high stakes matches like this, the IRB needs to wake up and do it soon.

11-17-2003, 02:05 PM	#105 (permalink)
archer2371 Sarge of Blood Gulch Red Outpost Number One Location: On the front lines against our very enemy	Finally saw the match, I was away for the weekend, luckily someone got pay per view and taped it for me. Let me say this. You may hate me for it, but Australia did not deserve to win. That Mealamu "knock-on" was a try. Mortlock was offsides for his try, look at it, slow it down, he is blatantly offsides. Two of the penalties conceded for points (offsides ones) should not have been called because the players that were called offsides were not affecting the play anyways. The ref was horrid and did not call ruck when one was formed. There was a forward pass that was called, that wasn't. The score should have been 17-6 in favor of New Zealand. So now, I really could care less who wins the World Cup, Australia doesn't deserve it, and I can't freakin' stand England. Just a frusturating deal all around. If the ref had called it the same way for both sides, and the Wallabies won that way, then I would have been ok with it. Yet, the ref controlled the match and basically drained all the flash from the All Blacks, even Cees Meeuws looked distraught, he never does, that man is crazy, he never, ever, shows any other emotion than pissed off. This is ridiculous, I am disgusted with the poor quality of refs in high stakes matches like this, the IRB needs to wake up and do it soon. __________________ "This ain't no Ice Cream Social!" "Hey Grif, Chupathingy...how bout that? I like it...got a ring to it." "I have no earthly idea what it is I just saw, or what this place is, or where in the hell O'Malley is! My only choice is to blame Grif for coming up with such a flawed plan. Stupid, stupid Grif."